Garment-fastening.



Patented Nov. l9, l90l.

A; USTEBWALD, GARMENT FASTENING.

(Application filed. Jan. 28, 1901.}

(No Model.)

wiowaaeo UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT OSTERWALD, or LEIPSIO, GERMANY.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 686,754, dated November 19, 1901. Application filed January 28, 1901. Serial No. 45,178. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT OSTERWALD, a subject of the King of Saxony, and a resident of No. 29-31 Reichst-rasse, Leipsic, Saxony, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Fasten ings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the present invention is to provide means for attaching blouses and like garments; and it consists of aholder by which the blouse may easily be connected with the belt or band without the employment of pins and other means liable to damage and tear the garment.

In order to renderthe present specification more easily intelligible, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of the holder with the folds of the blouse clamped together. Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 shows the holder not in use, and Figs. 4. to 8 show a modification of the holder in several positions. Fig. 4. is a section on lineT T of Fig. 5; Fig. 5, an elevation; Fig. 6, a section on line S S of Fig. 5; Fig. '7, asirnilar elevation to Fig. 5 of a modified form, and Fig. 8 a section on line U U of Fig. 5.

The holder consists, essentially, of two plates at, which may be slid one upon the other and are connected together by straps h, one strap being formed at the end of each plate and encircling the other plate to form a sliding connection, as will be readily understood. The free ends of each plate a are folded back upon the said plate, as at a, and bent around approximately at right angles, so that the inner surfaces of the two plate ends face each other. These surfaces are provided with suitable yielding padding 1) of rubber or the like and serve to grip the folds of the blouse. The ends 9 of the belt are fastened to a suitable loop integral with or atfixed to the plate a. or strap 71 of the same. Thus when the belt is stretched around the body the folds of the blouse a will be tightly gripped by the movements of the plates a one on the other. The movement of the body will increase the tightness of the grip.

In the modification of the holder according to Figs. 4 to 8 the movable connection of the clamping-plates is efiected in such manner that the plate a is provided with a longitudinal slot m at about its center, through which one end of the plate a extends, said plate having at this point vertical recesses n and being bent to enable the said recesses to receive and move on the plate a Parallel to the slot m both plates at and a are provided with a smaller slot 0, in which a stud engages, on the enlarged part of the stem of which a hook 25 for holding the belt or band may be arranged, such hook preventing the upward movement of the girdle. As an additional guide for the plates a and a a stud t is fixed in the plate a and extends through the slot of plate a Fig. 8. Figs. 5 and 7 show difierent modifications in the part i.

I claim as my invention- 1. A device for clamping bodices or blouses in the proper position as regards the belt or band consisting of two plates adapted to slide one on the other, means for guiding the said plates one on the other, the free ends of said plates being folded back onto the plate and turned around at an angle, so that the inner surfaces of the ends of the two plates face each other and means for attaching the ends of the belt or band to the opposite ends of the said plates substantially as described.

2. In a bodice or blouse clamp, the combination of two plates adapted to slide one on the other, means for guiding the said plates one on the other, the free ends of the said plates being folded back on the plates, and turned outwardly so that their inner surfaces face one another, pads of yielding material fixed to the said facing surfaces, means for attaching the band or belt to the opposite end of each plate and a hook pivotally attached to the said plates substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT OSTERWALD.

Witnesses:

Hnruvr SACH, CHAs. J. BURT. 

